Scholars posit that Jesus may have been a direct follower in John the Baptist's movement.

Scholars posit that the oval feature symbolizes an egg, the sun, the body of a frog, or merely the remnant of a platform.

Scholars have proposed that the bridge may have originally represented the Milky Way and have noted parallels between the bridge and another bridge in Norse mythology, Gjallarbrú.

Scholars of general semantics emphasize distinctions between different perceptions at different points in space ( called " space-binding ") over any universal God's eye view or assumed-shared or collective identity.

Scholars from the history of ideas have noticed that consultants play a part similar to that of the journeymen of the guild systems: they often travel a lot, work at many different companies and spread new practices and knowledge between companies and corporations.

Scholars agree, however, that it is important to distinguish between Calvin's views toward the biblical Jews and his attitude toward contemporary Jews.

Scholars such as Claudia Setzer have noted the differences between the rationale for the death of John the Baptist presented by Josephus, and the theological variations ( e. g. whether immersion in water can result in the forgiveness of sins, etc.

Scholars have critiqued the idea that athletic competition might lead to greater understanding between cultures and, therefore, to peace.

Scholars who studied the narrations according to their context ( matn ) as well as their transmission ( isnad ) in order to discriminate between them were influential in the development of early Muslim philosophy.

Especially the nature of interaction between Tula and Chichén Itzá has been controversial with Scholars arguing for either military conquest of Chichén Itzá by Toltecs, Chichén Itzá establishing Tula as a colony or only loose connections between the two.

Scholars are not in agreement about whether the calendars used by the Jews before the Babylonian captivity were solar ( based on the return of the same relative position between the sun and the earth ) or lunisolar ( based on months that corresponded to the cycle of the moon, with periodic additional months to bring the calendar back into agreement with the solar cycle ) like the present-day Hebrew calendar.

Scholars have theorized a potential connection between Skaði and the god Ullr ( who is also associated with skiing and appears most frequently in place names in Sweden ), a particular relationship with the jötunn Loki, and that Scandinavia may be related to the name Skaði ( potentially meaning " Skaði's island ") or the name may be connected to an Old Norse noun meaning " harm ".

Scholars think that the manuscript was written sometime between Cuthbert ’ s death in 687 and Eadfrith ’ s death in 721 ( BBC Tyne 2012 ).

Scholars cannot with any certainty prove the authorship of Jeremiah, although consensus has gathered around a thesis of multiple sources, mainly because of the contrast between the poetic discourses and the prose narrative.

Some modern Scholars think the Deuteronomic School edited Jeremiah because of the similarity of phrasing between the books of Jeremiah and Deuteronomy.

Scholars suggest a migration either of Rogaland Rugii to the southern Baltic coast, the other way around, or an original homeland on the islands of Denmark in between these two regions.

Scholars have attempted to draw a connection between the episode of the castration of Attis and the ritual mutilation of the Galli as a reflection in myth of a secondary ritual action or conversely, as the mythical foundation of a ritual action.

Scholars also note similarity between the doctrine of Upanishads and those of Plato and Kant

Scholars such Rudolf Thurneysen and Anton van Hamel dispute any link between Ogma and Ogmios.

Scholars believe that the fight between Cuchulainn and Ferdiad is a late addition to the Táin, originating not earlier than the eleventh century and drawing on earlier episodes in the story.

The only practical difference between the two is that the Foundation Scholars are members of the body corporate of the College and are entitled to certain voting rights.

Scholars generally fall into one of two main camps: an " early camp " favoring a date for the " core " of between the years 50 and 100, before or approximately contemporary with the composition of the canonical gospels and a " late camp " favoring a date in the 2nd century, after composition of the canonical gospels.

" Scholars have proposed various dates between the 9th century and 16th century.

Scholars also examine the historical context of Bible passages, the importance ascribed to events by the authors, and the contrast between the descriptions of these events and historical evidence of their occurrence to learn information beyond the literal information presented in the Bible.

Scholars in general disagree as to whether there is a substantial, musicological difference between blues that originated in this region and in other parts of the country.

Scholars such as German linguist Johann Gottfried Herder viewed tribes as coherent biological ( racial ) entities, using the term to refer to discrete ethnic groups.

Scholars have now shown that the Lacandon are the result of a coming together of various lowland Mayan refugee groups during the period of Spanish colonial rule.

Scholars do not know which, if any Native American groups, are the living descendants of the people who originally built and lived at the Mound site, although many are plausible.

The foundation also funds study groups called Koch Scholars who gather and read " an assortment of select books, movies, and podcasts surrounding the principles of a free society.

Stephen A. Kent and Theresa Krebs published a critical article When Scholars Know Sin, in which they characterize Gordon Melton, James R. Lewis, and Anson Shupe as biased towards the groups they study.

Its faculty counts more than 700 full and associate professors, among whom two have been elected members of the Eurasian Academy of Sciences, seven have received the honorific title of " Young and Middle-aged Experts with Distinguished Services ," two are members of the subject-specific advisory groups under the State Council Commission for Regulating Academic Degrees, six are " Professors Extraordinaire " or " Minjiang Scholars ", one has been honored as " China ’ s Distinguished Teacher ", six as " Fujian ’ s Distinguished Teachers ," and 22 as " Fujian ’ s Distinguished Experts ", to mention just a small fraction of the countless honors and recognitions won by FNU scholars.

Marshall Scholars can now be found among many high-profile groups, including prominent CEOs, Supreme Court justices, members of Congress, Presidential Cabinets members, university presidents, Pulitzer Prize winning authors, and leaders in a wide range of academic and professional disciplines.

Scholars like Amy Chua call for a coexistence of different race, ethnic groups, and cultures with their own unique forms, like in a salad bowl, rather than requiring them to assimilate into the one created by the dominating majority.

Apart from these key Muslim institutions, there are also community self-help groups, voluntary welfare organisations and civic groups like the Association of Muslim Professionals, Yayasan Mendaki, Muslim Missionary Society ( Jamiyah ), PERDAUS, Singapore Islamic Scholars and Islamic Teachers Association ( PERGAS ), Muhammadiyah and Islamic Theological Association of Singapore ( Pertapis ).

Major Arab Sunni parties such as the Iraqi Islamic Party and the Association of Muslim Scholars, boycotted the elections, as did some smaller groups such as the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq.

* VBI Undergraduate Scholars Program ( USP )-This program is for Virginia Tech undergraduate students who are interested in interning or for credit experiences with VBI faculty and research groups.

Scholars are divided in whether they think the Osage and other groups left before the Beaver Wars.

* Among the academic or scholarly groups was the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars, founded in 1968 by graduate students and junior faculty in Asian studies.

Scholars sometimes disagree about whether it is better to use the terms " sept " or " clan " when referring to traditional Irish family groups.

The activity groups include the College Scholars Team, Intramural Sports, Speech Team ( Forensics Team ), Jefferson State Singers, Writer's Roundtable, and the Wingspan Literary Magazine.

Scholars in the mid-twentieth century became concerned that similarities among the proposed Penutian language families may be the result of borrowing that occurred among neighboring peoples, not of a shared proto-language in the distant past.

Scholars also hold that the Khampas or Khambas / Khambus of Tibet and the Kambis / Kumbis of Gujarat are the distant relatives of the Kambojs of Indian Punjab and the Kambohs of Pakistan.